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2011 Nebraska Water Monitoring Programs Report 2011 Nebraska Water Monitoring Programs Report Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality Water Quality Division January 2012 2011 Nebraska Water Monitoring Programs Report Acknowledgements Table of Contents Introduction 01 ....... Water Quality Success Story – Carter Lake ................................. Schroer 02 ........ Public Beach Monitoring Program – Bacteria and Microcystin .......... Lund 03 ........ Ambient Stream Monitoring ..................................... Swanson & Hartman 04 ........ Basin Rotation Monitoring .................................. Schumacher & Hartman 05 ........ Monitoring for Fish Kills and Citizen Complaints .............................. Bubb 06 ........ Nebraska Lake Monitoring ............................................................... Bubb 07 ........ Big Blue River/Tuttle Creek Lake Targeted Watershed Grant Monitoring. ............................................. Myers & Michl 08 ........ Fish Tissue Monitoring ..................................................................... Michl 09 ........ Stream Biological Monitoring Program ................... Schumacher & Bazata 10 ........ NPDES Compliance Monitoring (MAP) ................................. Christiansen 11 ........ 2011 Surface Water Sampling Summary .......................................... Lund 12 ........ Statewide Groundwater Monitoring Report................................ Miesbach 13 ........ Groundwater Management Area Program .......................... Inman & Routt 14 ........ Shallow Groundwater Nitrate Study ........................... Myers & Miesbach 15 ........ Groundwater Monitoring at Municipal Solid Waste Disposal Areas .......................................................................... Southwick 16 ........ Crow Butte Resources, Inc. Groundwater Monitoring ................. Coughlin 17 ........ Groundwater Monitoring at LUST Sites .................................... Chambers 18 ........ Groundwater Monitoring at Permitted Livestock Facilities .. Inman & Routt 19 ....... Monitoring Changes in Groundwater Quality .................................. O’Brien Acknowledgements: The following Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality staff have contributed to this report with their photos, maps, numbers, words, and editing. Their efforts are greatly appreciated and gratefully acknowledged here: Ken Bazata, Dave Bubb, David Chambers, Ryan Chapman, Curt Christensen, Jennifer Coughlin, Mike Felix, Patrick Hartman, Dave Ihrie, Dan Inman, John Lund, Greg Michl, Dave Miesbach, Will Myers, Patrick O’Brien (NARD), Mary Schroer, Ed, Southwick, Jenny Swanson, Brad Routt, and Dave Schumacher. Photo on the cover: Platte River, near Gothenburg NE. Individual staff should be contacted with specific questions about specific programs; their contact information is provided at the end of each monitoring program description. Please direct any general questions related to this report to the editor of this document, Marty Link, NDEQ, at 402/471-4270 or [email protected]. NDEQ staff sampling at a livestock operation, central Nebraska. Introduction The Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality (NDEQ) is charged with monitoring, assessing, and to the extent possible, managing the state’s water resources. The purpose of this work is to protect and maintain good quality water and encourage or execute activities to improve poor water quality. Monitoring is done on the over 18,000 miles of flowing rivers and streams, our greater than 280,000 acres of surface water in lakes and reservoirs, and the vast storage of groundwater in Nebraska’s aquifers. This document brings together a short summary of the monitoring programs performed (or required) by the NDEQ. In many cases, recent results are highlighted in the descriptions. There are also several descriptions of successes in water quality programs and examples of how the data that are collected are used. Individual program summaries, in some cases, include descriptions or explanations of water quality trends or observations. This document is not meant to be a comprehensive or exhaustive scientific report; rather, it is a starting place for describing the numerous monitoring programs carried out by the NDEQ, its contractors, or, in some cases, the regulated community. Other NDEQ reports and documents have more in-depth data and descriptions for many of the programs. The reader will be directed to these in the individual program descriptions, or can contact the author sited at the end of each description for further information. Partners NDEQ gathers much of the data discussed in this document; however, many partners have contributed as well. Without the contractual and voluntary assistance we receive from our many sister agencies and partners, we would not be able to detail the successes that we have accomplished. The state’s Natural Resources Districts, Nebraska Public Power District, US Army Corps of Engineers, US Environmental Protection Agency, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln-Lancaster County Health, Nebraska Game and Parks Commission, Nebraska Department of Agriculture, and others all contributed time, money, resources, and/or data to our water monitoring programs. Many thanks. Wheat bales, central Nebraska. Water Quality Success Story – Carter Lake Carter Lake (see map below) is a 315-acre oxbow lake along the Missouri River in metropolitan Omaha. The lake, which is in both Nebraska and Iowa, is located directly west of Eppley Airfield and about two miles from the Omaha downtown area. The City of Omaha’s Levi Carter Park surrounds the lake on its convex side while the City of Carter Lake, Iowa lies within the concave portion of the lake. Carter Lake serves as a natural catch basin for stormwater runoff and melting snow and has a total drainage area of approximately 2,711 acres. The drainage area consists primarily of urban-residential and commercial land. With its close proximity to a population of over 1,000,000, Carter Lake is used extensively for passive and active recreational activities including fishing, swimming, jet skiing, waterskiing and power boating. The Creighton University Rowing Team also uses the lake for practices and regattas. Access to the lake is available in Levi Carter Park and several public park access areas in the City of Carter Lake, Iowa and by residents living along the shoreline on the Iowa side. Carter Lake, near Eppley Airfield, Omaha Impairments Carter Lake is on Nebraska’s Section 303(d) list of impaired waters (NDEQ, 2006) for phosphorus, nitrogen, algae, and pH. As well, the State of Iowa has determined Carter Lake is impaired for excess algae and turbidity (Iowa DNR, 2004). The primary water quality issues with the lake stem from high nutrient concentrations from both external and internal loading sources. Total phosphorus levels in the lake have exceeded 300 parts per billion (ppb) while nitrogen levels were as high as 5,100 ppb. 1-1 Some examples of sources that contribute to the external load from the watershed include nutrient-rich fertilizers, runoff from streets that contain grease/oil, pet and animal waste, and processes that occur at some industrial sites. Internal pollutant loads result from resuspension of lake-bottom sediment and pollutants, decay of dead organisms such as fish and aquatic plants, and from shoreline erosion. Sediment resuspension occurs naturally in lakes due to wind and wave action, but can be increased due to other factors, such as power boating, jet skis, and bottom feeding fish (rough fish). The Nebraska Game & Parks Commission (NGPC) has characterized the fishery at Carter Lake as rough fish dominated, primarily with carp and buffalo. In addition to direct nutrient contributions through excrement, rough fish can re-suspend nutrients bound to bottom sediments. High nutrient concentrations, primarily phosphorus, are the primary cause of blue green algae blooms. The occurrence of blue-green algae blooms led officials to begin monitoring for microcystin toxin in 2004. The first samples collected from the lake exceeded the beach posting criterion of 15 ppb. In 2005, the beach posting criterion was changed to 20 ppb microcystin. From 2005 through 2008, 10 of the 83 toxin samples collected exceeded 20 ppb, causing officials to post warnings at the beach for 21 weeks. Carter Lake has also experienced occasional problems with bacteria. High bacteria densities resulted in a Nebraska Section 303(d) listing in 2004 but the listing was removed in 2006. Project Highlights In 2006, the cities of Carter Lake (Iowa) and Omaha (Nebraska) joined forces with local and state agencies to begin a Community-Based Planning Process. As part of the planning process, a group of interested citizens formed the Carter Lake Environmental Assessment and Rehabilitation (CLEAR) Council. In 2008, the CLEAR Council, with assistance from local and state agency partners, completed the Carter Lake Water Quality Management Plan. The plan outlines more than $6 million worth of possible restoration work. With a plan in place, partners initiated the Carter Lake Water Quality Project in 2008. First, the partners hired a project coordinator using CWA section 319 funds from Nebraska (years 1-2) and Iowa (years 3-4). Partners have completed many watershed treatments using eight different funding sources from both Iowa and Nebraska. These treatments include: • Installing grass swales and five rain gardens with a combined total area of 17,503 square feet; • Conduct an extensive nutrient educational effort targeted at fertilizer
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